Resource Collection June 13, 2025
Juneteenth Resource Collection
The Pulitzer Center connects educators and students to The 1619 Project resources and to one another, expanding and sustaining the influence of a journalistic project examining some of the most complex issues of our time. Our program partners have developed resources and learning models to support educators in expanding student understanding of United States history, developing students’ critical thinking skills, and cultivating empathy and community in their classrooms and school communities. This special Juneteenth collection includes units from educators teaching and working in the Southern United States. The holiday, which commemorates the end of chattel slavery in the United States, is an opportunity to engage with the history and legacies of slavery in the South in particular. This collection includes units from educators engaging with students at all age levels, elementary school to adult learners. These are strongly embedded in local and regional contexts and align with Juneteenth themes of freedom, justice, and community.
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Students expand their knowledge of U.S. history through analysis of texts centering the experiences of Black Americans and engaging with local research on historical site Promise Land.
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Students explore themes of disenfranchisement and resistance found in the story of African American quilter Harriet Powers, analyze the power of art to tell stories of resistance, and create artworks.
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Students examine the origins of slavery and its effect on mass incarceration and convict leasing through engagement with multiple news stories and primary source documents.
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Students apply literacy and writing skills to investigate the impact of the Columbian Exchange, colonization, and Transatlantic slave trade on the world’s economy and culture.
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Students in North Carolina study significant periods in the state's history and consider the long lasting legacy of slavery in all the United States today.
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Students draw upon personal experiences, current events, news articles, and materials that could be banned in school to respond to the compelling question: Should the government mandate curriculum?
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Through the study of primary source documents as well as the experiential learning in the community garden, students will be asked to reimagine how stories about slavery are told.
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Units
Exploring Common Roots
Early childhood educators explore the concept of belonging in their classrooms through analysis of research articles, children’s literature, texts from The 1619 Project, and personal reflections.
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A university professor and community-engaged educator convene a group of social studies teachers to build capacity for teaching honest history in the Deep South.
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Lesson Plans
Law and Politics
Explore essays from The 1619 Project that challenge readers to think about how the history of slavery has been taught—and how contemporary legal discussions are linked to slavery.
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Lesson Plans
‘I Am Omar’: Exploring Identity and Representation
Students analyze a story about a Muslim scholar from Senegal, who wrote the only surviving autobiography in Arabic by an enslaved person in the United States.
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Lesson Plans
Mass Incarceration
Use this resource to explore the work of Bryan Stevenson, Michelle Alexander, and Dorothy Roberts on the subject of mass incarceration, and examine connections between slavery, Jim Crow, and mass...
